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The component issue was likely a setting issue between the tv and the box. You may want to try again after you are sure you have the latest software on it as well.

The res you mentioned is actually what almost all 720p tvs where built to spec wise for many many years.

Do you see any posters populating at least the top four slots of My directv? Even if they are just blank posters? If not you may need to do a rbr or even a guide data flush if you don't have some by tomorrow.

Correct, assuming the TV supports it, and up to this point we did not know what it supported.

well, true, although it should also always provide better color and less artifacting, if the tv accepts 480 component in in the first place. But as with everything, so much depends on what tv it is too.

So whats the deal with the ffwd hang? Mine has had it forever and Directv seems to not have any interest in fixing it. It's random, but when fast forwarding thru some commercials it just hangs, I have to hit play, finish watching that commercial, then start ffwding again.

Not really helpful to have a whole home dvr that forces me to watch a commercial...

I see the ffw'd hang on roughly the same commercials, but different shows and nights. That is very odd. I was sitting there last night watching something and said to myself "this is one of the commercials it usually locks on and makes me hit play and watch the commercial", and sure enough it did.

Very very annoying. Paranoid side of me would say it is a new way to make me watch commercials, but it NEVER happens on the HR44. Just the client...